My own opinion is enough for me, and I claim the right to have it defended against any consensus, any majority, anywhere, any place, any time. And anyone who disagrees with this can pick a number, get in line, and kiss my ass.

We inherited these principles and these freedoms and we here highly resolve that we shall pass them on, as we will pass on an undivided Republic purged of racism and slavery, to our descendants. The popgun discharges of a few pathetic sectarians and crackpot revisionists are negligible, and will be drowned by the mounting chorus that demands: 'Mr Jefferson! BUILD UP THAT WALL'.

I don't think it's possible to have a sense of tragedy without having a sense of humor.

If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

It's not about freedom of speech because we retain free speech. It's about ending corrupt politics.

The struggle for a free intelligence has always been a struggle between the ironic and the literal mind.